Taiban Watershed

Description of Watershed

The total estimated area in the watershed is 462,374 acres. This watershed is located in Curry, Roosevelt, Quay, Guadalupe, and De Baca counties in the extreme eastern portion of New Mexico.

The land uses in this watershed consist of rangeland, dry cropland, and irrigated cropland.  The watershed area comprises the area lying above  the caprock escarpment or Southern High Plains resource areas. The topography ranges from grass on gently sloping to level plains and moderately deep to very deep grass covered plains to the east. The soils range from shallow to moderately deep with caliche near the western edge.  Near the caprock there are deep gently sloping sandy loam or loam soils going east of the edge of caprock.

The Taiban watershed has approximately 157 farm and ranch operating units. In the cropland areas of the watershed there are about 113,501 acres. The primary crops include pastureland, small grains, alfalfa, and other hay crops.  In the rangeland area of the watershed there are about 348,013 acres. The ranches are mostly cow/calf and wildlife production operations.

Land Use Quay Acres Roosevelt Acres Guadalupe Acres Curry Acres De Baca Acres Total Acres Cropland 71,219 11,119 2,210 27,155 1,798 113,501 Range 156,613 63,134 740 13,344 114,182 348,013 Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 Developed 23 2 0 0 66 91 Water 37 2 0 0 430 469 Other 0 144 0 75 81 300 Total 227,892 74,401 2,950 40,574 116,557 462,374 Counties in Watershed Quay Roosevelt Guadalupe Curry De Baca

Stewardship Payments

	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III
Non-Irrigated Cropland	$0.29/ac	$1.15/ac	$2.59/ac
Irrigated Cropland	$0.90/ac	$3.60/ac	$8.10/ac
Pastureland	$0.21/ac	$0.85/ac	$1.91/ac
Rangeland	$0.05/ac	$0.20/ac	$0.45/ac

The following document requires  Microsoft Excel.

Taiban Watershed New Practice and Enhancement Cost List ( 36KB)

 

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